IRSCL Board 2024

  • President

    Sara Pankenier Weld
    Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
    Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    CA 93106
    USA
    Email: saraweld@ucsb.edu

  • Vice-President and Membership Coordinator

    Vanessa Joosen
    Professor of English literature and children’s literature
    Faculty of Arts, Department of Literature
    University of Antwerp
    Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp
    Belgium
    Email: vanessa.joosen@uantwerpen.be

  • Treasurer

    Nicola Daly
    Associate Professor
    Co-director Waikato Picturebook Research Unit
    Te Kura Toi Tangata
    University of Waikato
    Hamilton 3240
    New Zealand
    Email: nicola.daly@waikato.ac.nz

  • Awards and Grants Coordinator

    Lorraine Kerslake
    Department of English Studies
    Universidad de Alicante
    Facultad de Filosofía y Letras I
    Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n
    03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante Spain
    Email: kerslake@ua.es

  • Secretary and Media Manager

    Philip Nel
    University Distinguished Professor
    Director, Program in Children's Literature
    Dept. of English, 103 ECS Bldg.
    1612 Steam Place
    Kansas State University
    Manhattan, KS 66506-6501,
    USA
    Email: philnel@ksu.edu

  • Mentoring Co-ordinator

    Michelle H. Martin
    Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services
    University of Washington Information School
    Mary Gates Hall 370F, Box 352840
    Seattle, Washington 98195-2840
    USA
    Email: mhmarti@uw.edu

  • Archivist and Past President

    Evelyn Arizpe
    University of Glasgow
    St Andrews Building
    Glasgow G3 6NH
    United Kingdom
    Email: evelyn.arizpe@glasgow.ac.uk